Nicolas Henry: The Playhouses of Our Grandparents

Nicolas Henry’s The Playhouses of Our Grandparents is a portrait of the older generation across the world, from France to Vanuatu via India, Brazil, Morocco, New Zealand and Sweden. For each portrait, some sort of shack or temporary shelter was constructed using the subject’s familiar possessions. This volume reproduces a selection of these portraits, taken over the past five years.

Nicolas Henry’s The Playhouses of Our Grandparents is a portrait of the older generation across the world, from France to Vanuatu via India, Brazil, Morocco, New Zealand and Sweden. For each portrait, some sort of shack or temporary shelter was constructed using the subject’s familiar possessions. This volume reproduces a selection of these portraits, taken over the past five years.